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Anyone comments on this? What's the story about a separate PMC for Cocoon???
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott_Boag@lotus.com [mailto:Scott_Boag@lotus.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:40 AM
> To: general@xml.apache.org
> Subject: xml.apache.org charter proposal
>
>
> Here is my rough proposal for a revamped charter/mission statement for
> xml.apache.org:
>
> ========
> The mission of the xml.apache.org project is:
>
> to provide commercial-quality, high-performance, well-tested,
> standards-based XML components that are developed in an open and
> collaborative fashion.
>
> We define "XML Component" as being that which processes a
> standard that is based on XML, and which is generally
> applicable to a wide variety of applications. Parsers,
> processors, editing tools, diagnostic tools, and
> XML-specific databases are examples of what we mean
> by components.
>
> to provide feedback to standards bodies (such as IETF and W3C) from an
> implementation perspective.
>
> to build an XML infrastructure that fits into a coherent
> architecture, in
> order to enable and encourage use of XML.
> ========
>
> By this charter, Cocoon would not today be accepted.
> However, it should be
> kept as part of xml.apache.org as long as they wish to stay
> (I hear they
> are thinking of forming their own PMC, so this shouldn't be an issue).
>
> The reason to constrain the mission is that XML is like motor
> oil... it is
> being used all over the machine. Use of XML alone should not
> be part of
> our acceptence criteria. We should have a clear idea of what
> we are trying
> to do. I'm not sure the above is it, but it's a first swag,
> and hopefully
> a good starting point for discussion...
>
> -scott
>
>
>
>
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